Frame resolution analysis in any number of dimensions, with minimally supported (in the frequency domain) radial function

ABSTRACT

A non-separable multiresolution structure based on frames by radial scaling functions is disclosed, which are minimally supported in the frequency. Resulting frame multiwavelets are also disclosed which can be isotropic. The construction can be carried out in any number of dimensions and for a variety of dilation matrices.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims provisional priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/453,889 filed 12 Mar. 2003.

GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST

Subject matter disclosed herein was supported in part through the following Governmental grants: NSF-DMS 0070376, NSF Career Award CISE-9985482, NSF-CHE-0074311, and is therefore subject to certain Governmental rights and interests.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to the general field of digital signal processing.

More particularly, the present invention relates to multiresolution analysis for signals or data of any dimensionality using a non-separable, radial frame, multi-resolution analysis in multidimensions.

2. Description of the Related Art

Digital signal processing, and, in general, the manipulation of information of all types by digitization, is at the heart of the computer-based approach to a vast range of problems in science, engineering, technology, modern economics modeling, data storage and retrieval, etc. There exist many robust approaches for problems which are intrinsically one-dimensional, and the theory of how one systematically parses the information content into small, manageable “chunks” is well developed. The essential idea is that information can be characterized either in a “physical” or “measurement” domain which, for example, we take to be the “time domain”, or in a complementary, mathematical domain referred to as the “Fourier domain” (which we shall refer to as the frequency domain). It is most useful if there are natural limitations on how much information in the measurement or time domain is required to characterize a given amount of information in the frequency domain.

In one-dimension (1-D), the best possible situation is when, e.g., only a finite range or “band” of data in the frequency domain is needed to characterize completely the underlying mathematical behavior. Such a situation is said to be “band-limited” and if one can capture, without any loss, all the frequency components contained in the band, the signal or phenomenon is exactly captured. Further, if the signal becomes “contaminated” by extraneous signals with frequencies outside the band range, then these can be eliminated by sending the signal through a “filter” that strains out everything except frequencies in the physical band range. This is accomplished mathematically simply by multiplying the signal (plus noise) by a function that is 1 for frequencies within the band-limit and 0 for all other frequencies. Such a filter is fundamental in all areas of signal processing and information analysis, and it is called “ideal filter” of “ideal window”.

The amazing fact is that when one must treat signals that are of higher dimension including the simplest case of (two dimensional (2-D) data), the only rigorous way that exists to create such an ideal window (and to shift or translate them to different frequency bands can be captured leading to a multiresolution) is by multiplying 1 -D ideal windows for each degree of freedom. Such products are said to be “separable” and they are inefficient for studying data sets or signals for which there is not a natural separation of information content along orthogonal directions. It is expected that in the absence of knowledge of such a directional bias in the signal, the best approach would treat the data in the most isotropic manner possible.

Thus, there is a need in the art of signal processing for the construction of improved multi-resolution analysis techniques for extracting information from complex scientific signals, especially processing techniques that involve non-separable, radial frame, multi-resolution analysis in one or more dimensions.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a signal processing technique using a completely isotropic ideal filter, and then translating and dilating the filter to create a multiresolution analysis. The technique includes the following constructed components: 1) isotropic ideal windows or filters in any number of dimensions; 2) translations and dilations to create completely isotropic low pass filters, high pass filters and/or filters that cover all frequencies and/or frequency ranges important to any appropriate signal processing problem; 3) isotropic scaling functions with translations of the low pass scaling function; and 4) associated wavelets that can be used to resolve a multidimensional signal into various resolution levels, where the technique admits as many levels of multiresolution as desired, so that the high pass components can be further parsed into their own “relative low pass” and “relative high pass” components.

The present invention provides scaling functions, wavelets and various isotropic non-separable ideal windows or filters that are the components needed to construct completely isotropic, intrinsically non-separable low pass and high pass filters, scaling functions, and wavelets that also have the optimum localization of information in a time-frequency description.

The present invention provides an improved method to analyze signals, data, information, images as well as other items of any number of dimensions, both in terms of efficiency and complexity of problems that can be addressed. The present technique can be used to analysis: (a) data compression and storage for streaming video, seismic imaging, digital medical imaging of all types, etc.; (b) image and signal enhancement, denoising and analysis for medical imaging, seismic imaging, satellite imaging and surveillance, target acquisition, radar, sonar, pattern recognition and analysis, etc.; (c) volume rendering and segmentation, motion analysis, etc.; and (d) as a basis for digital algorithms for solving ordinary and partial differential equations in science, engineering, economics, and other disciplines.

The present invention further relates to a computer or computer readable storage medium having implemented thereon software corresponding to the signal processing techniques of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention can be better understood with reference to the following detailed description together with the appended illustrative drawings in which like elements are numbered the same:

FIG. 1 depicts a plot of each of the sets of D+k_(r);

FIG. 2 depicts a partition of Q into 29 sets due to intersecting Q with B(ε₀, ε₁, ε₂, ε₃);

FIGS. 3-6 depict sets of C_(i) for i equal to 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively;

FIG. 7(a) depicts that each C_(i) overlaps D;

FIG. 7(b) depicts all point in T² at which the vector of the entries of the main diagonal; and

FIGS. 8(a) and (b) depict sets C₁ and C₂.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The inventors have found that a new class of frame multiresolution analysis can be used to construct ideal filters. There are no other such totally isotropic, multidimensional, and non-separable scaling and wavelet functions and low and high pass filters currently in existence. The present invention is unique. The first tests of the invention are directed to two dimensional (2D) images and data sets.

If one could pass a signal through a set of ideal, isotropic windows or filters, each window passing a different band of frequencies, this would decompose the signal into subsets of information—we say the signal is resolved into a number of non-overlapping subsets and this is the basic idea behind “multiresolution analysis” of signals or digital information.

We construct the new frame multiresolution analysis in any desired number of dimensions, whose core subspace is defined by the integer translations of a finite set of frame scaling functions, which have minimal support in the frequency domain. (The Fourier transform of the time domain scaling function is the characteristic function on a specific frequency range.)

The most apparent representative classes of prototypes filters are a Frame multi-resolutions defined by a single scaling frame function, whose Fourier transform is a characteristic or “indicator” function of a hyper sphere (i.e., a disk in two dimensions (2D), a sphere in three dimensions (3D), hypersphere in higher dimensions (nD)), centered at the origin of the coordinate system having radius {fraction (1/2)} (so that 0<R<{fraction (1/2)}). Since this scaling function has this form in the frequency domain, its associated low pass filter in the frequency domain will also be such a characteristic hypersphere (or “ball”) D/2 with radius {fraction (1/4)}. A fundamental property of the obtained wavelets and filters is that they are the first ever, truly intrinsically non-separable wavelets and filters that can be realized in any number of dimensions.

Additionally, the Fourier transforms of the associated frame wavelets will be equal to the characteristic function of a “hyper-annulus” (a difference of two disks D/2 and D in 2D, a difference of two spheres D/2 and D in 3D, a difference of two hyperspheres D/2 and D in nD), modulated by a phase factor.

For the 2D case, we create up to four frame wavelets; each of these wavelets defines a high-pass filter, or a similar wavelet like form. In the time (or complementary) domain, both the scaling functions and the wavelets can be constructed as linear combinations of Bessel functions. These constructions are currently based on dyadic dilations, but other dilations are equally usable only affecting a shape of the low and high pass filters. For example, dilations induced by quincunx matrices yield low and high pass filters of the same structure.

A unique merit of our construction is that it leads to the definition and realization of low and high pass filters, which are intrinsically non-separable and isotropic to a degree that has never been achieved in the past and, which are, in fact, optimal. Our construction can be explicitly realized in any finite number of dimensions. The resulting scaling functions are interpolating in all cases.

The present invention can be implemented on any processing unit that is capable of executing instructions corresponding to the mathematical constructs and filters set forth in this application. Suitable processing units include, without limitation, analog processing units, digital processing units or mixtures or combinations thereof. These processing units are generally components of a computer of other device including a processing unit and peripherals capable of human interaction (keyboards and the like). Suitable computers include those manufacture and sold through out the industry based on chips from companies like Intel, Motorola, IBM, HP, Sun Microsystems, Cirex, AMD, or others and sold in computers manufactured and/or sold by companys such as Dell, Apple, IBM, HP, Toshiba, Sony, or similar computers. The processing units and computers incorporating them are designed to execute software under the control of an operating system. Suitable operating systems include, without limitation, the WINDOWS operating systems from MicroSoft, the OS operating systems from Apple, the LINUX operating systems available from a variety of vendors, or other windowing operating systems. The techniques set forth in this application can be converted to software code in an number of convenient computer languages such as Fortran, C, C+, C++, or the like or newer programing languages geared to programming mathematical expressions.

Introduction and Preliminaries

Let H be a complex Hilbert space. A unitary system

is a set of unitary operators acting on H which contains the identity operator I on H. Now, let D be a (dyadic) Dilation operator (Dƒ)(t)=2^(n/2)ƒ(2t), ƒεL ²(

^(n))  (1) and T_(k) be a Translation operator defined by (T _(k)ƒ)(t)=ƒ(t−k), ƒεL ²(

^(n)), kεZ^(n)  (2) We refer to the unitary system

_(D,Z) _(n) :={D^(j)T_(k):jεZ, kεZ^(n)} as an n-dimensional separable Affine system.

This system has been extensively used in wavelet analysis for the construction of separable wavelet bases. In fact, only a few non-separable wavelet bases have been constructed and all these examples were exclusively given in two dimensions. However, an important drawback of these families of wavelets is the absence of enough symmetry and differentiability and the absolute lack of isotropy. These examples were also given with respect to a small class of dilation operators and all of them are compactly supported in the time domain. Apparently the whole issue of designing wavelet bases in multidimensions still remains a mostly unexplored area, full of challenges and revealing interesting and surprising results.

The motivation for the present invention stems from the following elementary observation: The low pass filter corresponding to the scaling function of the Shannon MRA is the indicator function of the interval [−½, ½). This function is even and minimally supported in the frequency, i.e., its Fourier transform is of the form {circumflex over (ω)}=χ_(A), where A is a measurable subset of

. Keeping in mind that even functions are also radial (a function is radial if it depends only on the radial variable) one might wonder, what is the multidimensional analogue of even, minimally supported in the frequency scaling functions.

This particular problem motivated us to introduce the radial frame multiresolution analysis. Our construction is based on a very general multiresolution scheme of abstract Hilbert spaces developed by Papadakis in [16], namely the Generalized Frame Multiresolution Analysis (GFMRA). The main characteristic of GFMRAs is that they can be generated by redundant sets of frame scaling functions. In fact, GFMRAs encompass all classical MRAs in one and multidimensions as well as the FMRAs of Benedetto and Li ([6]).

In this invention, we construct non-separable Shannon-like G FMRAs of L²(

^(n)) whose scaling functions are radial and are defined with respect to certain unitary systems, which we will later introduce. We also derive certain of their associated frame multiwavelet sets. Our construction is the first of its kind. Scaling functions that are radial have not been constructed in the past. However, certain classes of non separable scaling functions in two dimensions, with some continuity properties with respect to dyadic dilations or dilations induced by the Quincunx matrix only have been constructed in the past (e.g., [7, 12, 11, 8], [4]). All of them have no axial symmetries and are not smooth, except those contructed in [5], which can be made arbitrarily smooth, but are highly asymmetric. Another construction in the spirit of digital filter design, but not directly related to wavelets can be found in [1] and [18]. The latter construction and this of curvelets (e.g., see [19]) share two properties of our Radial GFMRAs: the separability of the designed filters with respect to polar coordinates and the redundancy of the induced representations. However, our construction in contrast to those due to Simoncelli et. al. and to Starck et al. are in the spirit of classical multiresolution analysis and can be carried out to any number of dimensions and with respect to a variety of dilation matrices.

The merit of non separable wavelets and scaling functions is that the resulting processing of images is more compatible with that of human or mammalian vision, because mammals do not process images vertically and horizontally as separable filter banks resulting from separable multiresolution analyses do ([20]). As Marr suggests in his book [13], the human visual system critically depends on edge detection. In order to model this detection, Marr and Hildreth used the Laplacian operator, which is a “lowest order isotropic operator” ([14]), because our visual system is orientation insensitive to edge detection. Thus, the most desirable property in filter design for image processing is the isotropy of the filter. Radial scaling functions for multiresolutions based on frames are the best (and, according to proposition 5, the only) type of image processing filters that meet the isotropy requirement.

Definitions

Before we proceed, we need a few definitions and results from M. Papadakis, “Generalized Frame Multiresolution Analysis of Abstract Hilbert Spaces, 2001”

The family {x_(i):iεI} is a frame for the Hilbert space H, if there exist constants A, B>0 such that for every xεH, we have ${A{x}^{2}} \leq {\sum\limits_{i \in l}{\left\langle {x,x_{i}} \right\rangle }^{2}} \leq {B{x}^{2}}$ We refer to the positive constants A, B as frame bounds. Apparently for every frame, its bounds are not uniquely defined. We refer to the frame as a tight frame if A=B and as a Parseval frame if A=B=1. A frame {x_(i):iεI} of H is called exact if each one of its proper subsets is not a frame for H. Riesz bases are exact frames and vice-versa. The operator S defined by S _(x) ={<x, x _(i)>}_(iεI) xεH is called the Analysis operator corresponding to the frame {x_(i):iεI}. Using this operator, we can construct a dual frame {x′_(i):iεI} of {x_(i):iεI} by setting x′_(i)=(S*S)⁻¹x_(i). Then, for every xεH we have $x = {\sum\limits_{i}{\left\langle {x,x_{i}^{\prime}} \right\rangle x_{i}}}$

We are interested in unitary systems

of the form

=

₀G, where

₀={U^(j):jεZ} and G is an abelian unitary group. We will often refer to G as a translation group. Unitary systems of this form generalize the affine system.

Definition 1

A sequence {V_(j)}_(jεZ) of closed subspaces of an abstract Hilbert space His a Generalized Frame Multiresolution Analysis of H if it is increasing, i.e., V_(j) ⊂V_(j+1) for every jεZ and satisfies the following properties:

-   -   (a) V_(j)=U^(j)(V₀), jεZ     -   (b) ∩_(J)V_(j)={0}, {overscore (∪_(j)V_(j))}=H     -   (c) There exists a countable subset B of V₀ such that the set         G(B)={gφ:gεG, φεB} is a frame of V₀.         Every such set B is called a frame multiscaling set for         {V_(j)}_(j). Every subset C of V₁ such that G(C)={gψ:gεG, ψεC}         is a frame of W₀=V₁∩V₀ ^(⊥) and is called a semi-orthogonal         frame multiwavelet vector set associated with {V_(j}) _(j).

G(B′) is the canonical dual of G(B), where B′={(S*S)⁻¹φ:φεB}, where S is the Analysis operator corresponding to the frame G(B). Likewise the canonical dual of G(C) is the family G(C′), where C′={(S*S)^(−l)ψ:ψεC}. We refer to B′ and as a dual frame scaling set corresponding to B and to C′ as a dual frame wavelet set corresponding to C.

If B is a singleton, we refer to its unique element as a frame scaling vector and, if H=L²(

^(n)), we refer to its unique element as a frame scaling function. We also let W_(j)=U^(j)(W₀), for every jεZ. Thus, if C is a semi-orthogonal frame multiwavelet vector set associated with the GFMRA {V_(j)}_(j), then the set {D^(j)gψ:jεZ, gεG, ψεC} is a frame for H with the same frame bounds as the frame G(C).

In order to accomplish the construction of the frame multiwavelet sets associated with a GFMRA {V_(j)}_(j), we need the following additional hypotheses.

There exists a mapping σ:G→G satisfying gD=Dσ(g), for every gεG

This particular assumption implies that σ is an infective homomorphism and σ(G) is a subgroup of G. (See [9] for proofs) |G:σ(G)|=n<+∞, where |G:σ(G)| is the index of the subgroup σ(G).

As mentioned before in this invention, we will exclusively use multidimensional affine unitary systems. Before proceeding further with the construction, we need the following definition:

Definition 2

An n×n invertible matrix A is expanding if all its entries are real and all its eigenvalues have modulus greater than 1. A Dilation matrix is an expanding matrix that leaves Z^(n) invariant, i.e., A(Z^(n))⊂Z^(n).

The previous definition readily yields the following observations: (a) all the entries of a dilation matrix are integers, because such a matrix leaves Z^(n) invariant; and (b) the previous observation implies that determinant of A (detA) is an integer.

The multidimensional affine unitary systems we are interested in are the systems of the form

₀G, where

₀ is a cyclic torsion free group generated by a dilation operator D defined by Dƒ(t)=|detA| ^(1/2)ƒ(At), ƒεL ²(

^(n)) where A is a dilation matrix and G={T_(k):kεZ^(n)} and G is isomorphic with Z^(n). Using the definitions of translations and dilations, we can easily verify T_(k)D=DT_(Ak), thus σ(T_(k))=T_(Ak), for every kεZ^(n). Therefore, σ is legitimally defined, because A(Z^(n))⊂Z^(n). Apparently, the quotient group G/σ(G) is homeomorphically isomorphic with Z^(n)/A(Z^(n)). Thus we have |G:σ(G)|=|Z^(n):A(Z^(n))|=|detA|. Now, we set q₀=0, p=|detA| and we fix q_(r)εZ^(n), for r=1, 2, . . . , p−1 so that Z ^(n) /A(Z ^(n))={q _(r) +A(Z ^(n)):r=0, 1, . . . , p−1}

The translation group G is induced by the lattice Z^(n). Although our results will be obtained with respect to this particular lattice only, our methods can be easily extended to all regular lattices, i.e., lattices of the form C(Z^(n)), where C is an n×n invertible matrix. Using a traditional approach of Harmonic and Fourier analysis, we give the definition of the Fourier transform on L¹(

^(n)): {circumflex over (ƒ)}(ξ)=∫_(R) _(n) ƒ(t)e ^(−2πit·ξ) dt, ξεR ^(n) We also reserve

to denote the Fourier transform on L²(

^(n)). In addition, we adopt the notation T^(n)=[−½, ½)^(n) and δ_(i)=(iεI⊂

) for the sequence defined by ${\delta_{i}(l)} = \left\{ \begin{matrix} 1 & {{{if}\quad l} = i} \\ 0 & {{{if}\quad l} \neq i} \end{matrix} \right.$

Before proceeding, we need to include some final remarks on our notation. If A is a subset of a topological vector space, then [A] denotes its linear span and A⁻ denotes the closure of A. Moreover, if B is a matrix (even an infinite one), then [B]_(i) denotes the i-th column of B. We conclude this section with the characterization of the autocorrelation function of a set of frame generators of a shift-invariant subspace of L²(

^(n)), i.e., of a set of functions {φ_(l):lεI} such that {T_(k)φ_(l):lεI} is a frame for its closed linear span.

Lemma 1.1

Let I⊂

and {φ_(k):kεI} be a subset of L²(

^(n)). Define ${{a_{1,k}(\xi)} = {\sum\limits_{m \in Z^{''}}{{{\hat{\phi}}_{k}\left( {\xi + m} \right)}\overset{\_}{{\hat{\phi}}_{l}\left( {\xi + m} \right)}\quad k}}},{l \in I},{\xi \in T^{n}}$ and a_(k)(ξ)=(a_(1,k)(ξ), a_(2,k)(ξ), . . . ).

Now assume that for every kεI the function ξ→∥a_(k)(ξ)μ_(l) ₂ is in L²(T^(n)) and that the linear operators Φ(ξ) defined for a.e. ξεT^(n) on [δ_(k):k εI] by the equation Φ(ξ)δ_(k)=a_(k)(ξ) satisfy the following properties:

-   -   (1) Φ belongs to L^(∞)(T^(n),         (         ²(I))), i.e., Φ is weakly measurable and for a.e. ξεT^(n) the         operator Φ(ξ) belongs to         (         ²(I)) and ∥Φ∥_(∞)=essup{∥Φ(ξ)∥:ξεT^(n)}<∞     -   (2) Let P(ξ) be the range projection of Φ(ξ) a.e. There exists         B>0 such that for every xεp(ξ)(         ²(I)) we have B∥x∥≦∥Φ(ξ)x∥.         Then {T_(k)φ_(l):lεI, kεZ^(n)} is a frame for its closed linear         span with frame bounds B and ∥Φ∥_(∞).

Conversely, if {T_(k)φ_(l):lεI, kεZ^(n)} is a frame for its closed linear span with frame constants B, C, then there exists ΦεL^(∞)(T^(n),

(

²(I))) such that ∥Φ∥_(∞)≦C also satisfying Φ(ξ)_(l,k) =a _(l,k)(ξ) k,lεI, a.e. T ^(n) and property (2). Finally, {T_(k)φ_(l):lεI, kεZ^(n)} is a Parseval frame for its closed linear span if and only if Φ(ξ) is for a.e. ξ an orthogonal projection.

The function Φ is also known as the Grammian of the set {φ_(l):lεI}.

Radial FMRAs

In the this section, we will develop the theory of singly generated GFMRAs of L²(

^(n)) defined by radial frame scaling functions. We refer to these GFMRAs as Radial FMRAs. According to lemma 1.1, the Fourier transforms of frame scaling functions cannot be continuous. Thus, such scaling functions cannot have a variety of forms, but this drawback can be rectified by using frame multiscaling functions. However, in this invention, we will be exclusively using Minimally Supported in the Frequency (MSF) frame scaling functions. A function is MSF if the modulus of its Fourier transform is of the form χ_(A), where A is a measurable subset of

^(n).

Our translation group is group-isomorphic to Z^(n), so we can easily see that the regular representation of G on

²(G), defines a group, which we denote by G* and is homeomorphically isomorphic to the discrete group Z^(n). Therefore, the dual group G* is homeomorphically isomorphic to the n-dimensional torus T^(n). So, instead of using Ĝ* , we use T^(n), recalling that we identified T^(n) with the product space [−½, ½)^(n).

Now, let D be the sphere with radius ½ centered at the origin, and φ be such that {circumflex over (φ)}=χ_(D). Since Φ(ξ)=χ_(D)(ξ), for every ξεT^(n), we have that {T_(k)φ:kεZ^(n)} is a Parseval frame for its closed linear span, which from now on, we will denote with V₀. We will consider dilations induced by dilation matrices A satisfying the following property.

Property D

There exists c>1 such that for every xε

^(n) we have c∥x∥≦∥Ax∥.

Property D implies ∥A⁻¹∥≦c⁻¹<1. However, it is interesting to note that Property D cannot be derived from the definition of dilation matrices. This fact can be demonstrated by the following example. Let $A = \begin{pmatrix} 2 & 5 \\ 0 & 2 \end{pmatrix}$ We can clearly see that A is invertible and leaves the integer lattice invariant, because all its entries are integers. However, $A^{- 1} = {\frac{1}{4}\begin{pmatrix} 2 & {- 5} \\ 0 & 2 \end{pmatrix}}$ Since one of the entries of A⁻¹ has absolute value greater than 1, we get ∥A⁻¹∥>1, so A does not satisfy Property D.

Now, define V_(j)=D^(j)(V₀), where jεZ. We will now establish V⁻¹ ⊂V₀. First, let B=A^(T), where the superscript T denotes the transpose operation. Since (A^(T))⁻¹=(A⁻¹)^(T) and the operator norm of a matrix is equal to the operator norm of its transpose, we obtain that dilation matrices A satisfying Property D, therefore, satisfies ∥B⁻¹∥<1. Thus, B⁻¹(D) is contained in D. Next, we let μ₀ be the measurable function defined on

^(n) such that μ₀(ξ)=χ_(B) ⁻¹ _((D))(ξ), for every ξεT^(n), which is periodically extended on

^(n) with respect to the tiling of

^(n) induced by the integer translates of T^(n). Then, μ₀ belongs to L²(T^(n)) and satisfies {circumflex over (φ)}(Bξ)=μ₀(ξ){circumflex over (φ)}(ξ) a.e. because {circumflex over (φ)}(Bξ)=χ_(B) ⁻¹ _((D))(ξ), for every ξε

^(n). This implies that D*φ, belongs to V₀, which in turn establishes V⁻¹ ⊂V₀ and thus V_(j) ⊂V_(j+1), for every integer j. Since

(V_(j))=L²(B^(j)(D)), for all jεZ, we finally obtain that both properties of the definition of a GFMRA are satisfied. From the preceding argument, we conclude that {V_(j)}_(j) is a GFMRA of L²(

^(n)), singly generated by the radial scaling function φ. So {V_(j)}_(j) is a Radial FMRA of L²(

^(n)). We may also occasionally refer to φ as a Parseval frame scaling function in order to indicate that {T_(k)φ:k εZ^(n)} is a Parseval frame for V₀.

Following previously developed terminology and the notation, the analysis operator S induced by the frame scaling set {φ} maps V₀ into L²(T^(n)) and is defined by ${Sf} = {\sum\limits_{k \in Z}{\left\langle {f,{T_{k}\phi}} \right\rangle e_{k}}}$ where e_(k)(ξ)=e^(−2πi(ξ·k)) for every ξε

^(n). Since φ is a Parseval frame scaling function, we obtain that S is an isometry. Moreover, it is not hard to verify that the range of S is the subspace L²(D).

Thus, the low pass filter m₀ corresponding to φ is given by m₀=SD*φ. Because we consider {V_(j)}_(j) as singly generated, we have only one low pass filter, so M₀, the low pass filter associated with the frame multiscaling set {φ} is equal to m₀. Since S is an isometry, we obtain Y=S, where Y is defined by the polar decomposition of S, namely S=Y|S|. In fact, we have Y=S=

|_(V) ₀ . This implies that {tilde over (m)}₀=YD*φ=m₀, and, therefore, {tilde over (M)}₀={tilde over (m)}₀=M₀. Let us now find m₀. Taking the Fourier transforms of both sides of $\begin{matrix} {{D^{*}\phi} = {\sum\limits_{k \in Z^{''}}{\left\langle {{D^{*}\phi},{T_{k}\phi}} \right\rangle T_{k}\phi}}} & (3) \end{matrix}$ we obtain {circumflex over (φ)}(Bξ)=|detA| ^(−1/2) m ₀(ξ){circumflex over (φ)}(ξ) a.e.  (4) We recall {circumflex over (φ)}(Bξ)=μ₀(ξ){circumflex over (φ)}(ξ) a.e.  (5)

Unfortunately, the fact that, the set of the integer translates of φ is not a basis for V₀, but an over complete frame, does not automatically imply that |detA|^(1/2)μ₀=m₀. However, both m₀ and μ₀ vanish outside D, so equations (4) and (5) imply m ₀(ξ)=|detA| ^(1/2)χ_(B) ⁻¹ _((D))(ξ), ξεT ^(n)  (6)

All radial functions of the form χ_(D), where D is a sphere centered at the origin with radius r<{fraction (1/2)} are radial Parseval frame scaling functions. We will not distinguish this particular case from the case r={fraction (1/2)}, because the latter case is generic and also optimizes the frequency spectrum subject to subband filtering, induced by this particular selection of the scaling function φ. This frequency spectrum is equal to the support of the autocorrelation function of φ, because every signal in V₀ will be encoded by the Analysis operator with an

²(Z)-sequence, whose Fourier transform has support contained in D. Therefore, the frequency spectrum subject to subband filtering induced by {V_(j)}_(j) equals D. This suggests that a pre-filtering step transforming a random digital signal into another signal whose frequency spectrum is contained in D is necessary prior to the application of the decomposition algorithm induced by {V_(j)}_(j). This pre-filtering step is called initialization of the input signal. In the light of these remarks, one might wonder whether we may be able to increase the frequency spectrum that these FMRAs can filter by allowing r>½. We will later show that the selection r=½ is optimum.

The frame scaling function can be determined in terms of Bessel functions, because it is a radial function. $\begin{matrix} {{{\phi(R)} = \frac{J_{n/2}\left( {\pi\quad R} \right)}{\left( {2R} \right)^{n/2}}},{R > 0}} & (7) \end{matrix}$ The proof of equation (7) can be found in [17] Lemma 2.5.1.

We will not give any details regarding Bessel functions. However, the reader may refer to [17] and [3] for an extensive treatment of their main properties and of course to the bible of the topic [21]. Here, we only include the following formula. ${{J_{a}(x)} = {\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{\infty}\frac{\left( {- 1} \right)^{k}\left( {x/2} \right)^{{2k} + a}}{{k!}{\Gamma\left( {k + a + 1} \right)}}}},{a > {- 1}},{x > 0}$ The function, J_(a), given by the above equation is called the Bessel function of the first kind of order a.

Apparently every function in V₀ is band limited, because its Fourier transform is supported on D. Because D is contained in T^(n), we infer from the classical sampling theorem that if ƒ is in V₀, then $\begin{matrix} {f = {\sum\limits_{k \in Z^{n}}{{f(k)}T_{k}\omega}}} & (8) \end{matrix}$ where the RHS of the previous equation converges in the L²-norm and ω(x₁, x₂, x_(n))=Π_(q∞1) ^(n) sin(πx_(q))/πx_(q). If P₀ is the projection onto V₀, then applying P₀ on both sides of equation (8) gives $f = {{\sum\limits_{k \in Z^{n}}{{f(k)}\quad{P_{0}\left( {T_{k}\omega} \right)}}} = {\sum\limits_{k \in Z^{n}}{{f(k)}\quad T_{k}\quad{P_{0}(\omega)}}}}$ because P₀ commutes with the translation operator T_(k), for every kεZ^(n). Since P₀(ω)=Φ, we conclude the following sampling theorem: Theorem 3

Let ƒ be in V₀. Then, $\begin{matrix} {f = {\sum\limits_{k \in Z^{n}}{{f(k)}T_{k}\phi}}} & (9) \end{matrix}$ where the RHS of equation (9) converges in the L² norm. Moreover, the same series converges uniformly to ƒ, if we assume that ƒ is continuous. Proof

The first conclusion of the theorem has already been established. We will now prove the uniform convergence to ƒ of the series in the RHS of equation (9) assuming that ƒ is continuous. Let tε

^(n). Then, for Nε

, we have $\begin{matrix} {{{f(t)} - {\sum_{{k}_{\infty} \leq N}{{f(k)}T_{k}\quad\phi\quad(t)}}}} & (10) \\ {= {{\int_{T^{n}}{\left( {{\hat{f}(\xi)} - {\sum_{{k}_{\infty} \leq N}{{f(k)}{\mathbb{e}}^{{- 2}{{\pi\mathbb{i}\xi} \cdot k}}{ϰ_{D}(\xi)}}}} \right){\mathbb{e}}^{2{{\pi\mathbb{i}\xi} \cdot t}}{\mathbb{d}t}}}}} & (11) \\ {\leq {{\hat{f} - {\sum_{{k}_{\infty} \leq N}{{f(k)}{\mathbb{e}}_{k}ϰ_{D}}}}}_{2}} & (12) \end{matrix}$ As N→∞ the first term of the RHS of the previous inequality tends to zero. This establishes the final conclusion of Theorem 3. Remark 1

The continuity hypothesis that we imposed on ƒ in order to derive the uniform convergence to ƒ of the series in the RHS of equation (9) is not at all artificial. It is well known that since ƒ is band-limited, ƒ is almost everywhere equal to an infinitely differentiable function, namely the inverse Fourier transform of {circumflex over (ƒ)}. Thus, instead of using ƒ itself, we can use the reflection of

(

(ƒ)).

Remark 2

Although φ is a radial function, its dilations D^(j)φ, for j≠0 may cease to be radial, for if j=−1, then

(D*φ)=|detA|^(1/2)χ_(B) ⁻¹ _((D)) and B⁻¹(D) may not be an isotropic domain. However, in several interesting cases of dilation matrices A all the dilations of φ are radial.

The preceding remark motivates the following definition:

Definition 4

An expansive matrix A is called radially expansive if A=aU, where a>0 and U is a unitary matrix.

Expansive matrices satisfy a^(n)=|detA| and ∥A∥=a and apparently radially expansive dilation matrices satisfy Property D. When this is the case, we immediately obtain that all D^(j)φ are radial functions as well, and, in particular, $\begin{matrix} \begin{matrix} {{{\left( {D^{- 1}\phi} \right)(R)} = \frac{J_{n/2}\left( {\pi\quad a^{- 1}R} \right)}{\left( {2\quad R} \right)^{n/2}}},} & {R > 0} \end{matrix} & (13) \end{matrix}$ Combining equations (4), (6) and (13) we conclude $\begin{matrix} {{{{\hat{m}}_{0}(k)} = \frac{J_{n/2}\left( {\pi\quad a^{- 1}{k}} \right)}{\left( {2{k}} \right)^{n/2}}},} & {k \in Z^{n}} \end{matrix}$ Proposition 5

Let A be a radially expansive dilation matrix, and D_(r) be a sphere having a radius r centered at the origin. Then, there exists an r₀>0 such that, if r>r₀ and φ=

⁻¹(χ_(D) _(r) ), then no measurable Z^(n)-periodic function μ satisfies {circumflex over (φ)}(Bξ)=μ(ξ){circumflex over (φ)}(ξ)  (14) for a.e. ξ in

^(n). Thus, such a φ cannot be a frame scaling function. Proof

Let r>0 and {circumflex over (φ)}=χ_(D) _(r) . Assume A=aU, where a>1. Then, {circumflex over (φ)}(Bξ)=χ_(D) _(r/a) (ξ) a.e. ξ in

^(n), which in conjunction with equation (14) implies μ(ξ)=χ_(D) _(r/a) (ξ) for a.e. ξεT^(n). If ${\frac{r}{a} \geq \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}},$ then μ(ξ)=1 for a.e. ξ in T^(n), which, due to the Z^(n)-periodicity of μ, implies μ(ξ)=1 a.e. in

^(n). This contradicts equation (14). Thus, $r < {\frac{a}{\sqrt{2}}.}$ Now, pick such an r. If ${{r \leq r_{0}} = \frac{a}{a + 1}},$ then D_(r), and k+D_(r/a), for every kεZ\{0} do not intersect.

Now, assume r>r₀. In this case, we have ${1/2} < r_{0} < r < {\frac{a}{\sqrt{2}}.}$ Next translate T^(n) by u=(1, 0, 0, . . . 0). Due to the periodicity of μ, we have μ(ξ)=1 for a.e. ξ in the intersection of the sphere u+D_(r/a) and u+T^(n). Because r>r₀, we can find x such that max $\left\{ {\frac{r}{a},\frac{1}{2}} \right\} < x < {r_{0}.}$ Then, there exists a ball centered at (x, 0, 0, . . . , 0), which is contained in the intersection of u+D_(r/a), u+T^(n) and

^(n)\D_(r) so, equation (14) fails to be true for every point in this ball.

If {fraction (1/2)}<r<r₀, then φ=F⁻¹(χ_(D) _(r) ) is a frame scaling function. This can be shown by invoking lemma 1.1, which establishes that {T_(k)φ:kεZ^(n)} is a frame (but not a Parseval frame) for V₀ and the argument showing. V_(j)=

⁻¹(L²(B_(j)(D)). We will omit the details of this proof since we think that this particular case is not as interesting as the case r≦{fraction (1/2)}, because the FMRAs defined by such frame scaling functions φ still cannot filter the entire n-dimensional torus T^(n). Having finished this intermezzo, we return to the initial hypothesis, r=½.

Let us now discuss the construction of certain frame multiwavelet sets associated with {V_(j)}_(j). The cardinality of the frame multiwavelet sets associated with the same GFMRA may vary. This observation indicates that there is room for alternate constructions of GFMRA frame multiwavelet sets. However, all these sets must satisfy certain necessary and sufficient conditions, which we present in theorem 6.

In the discussion that follows, we present two constructions of frame multiwavelet sets associated with {V_(j)}_(j). Each one has its own merit. The first one does not depend on the dimension of the underlying Euclidean space

^(n), and we believe that it is the most elegant set of them all. The second one specifically applies only if the underlying space is

² and the dilation operators are defined by A=2I₂ or $A = {\begin{Bmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ {- 1} & 1 \end{Bmatrix}.}$ It can be seen that both matrices are radially expansive dilation matrices. The latter of these two matrices generates the so-called Quincunx subsampling lattice. Subsampling lattices are used in the applications of the Decomposition and Reconstruction algorithms. First Construction

Using a theorem relating to the radial FMRA {V_(j)}_(j), we first set {circumflex over (V)}_(j)=F(V_(j)) and Ŵ_(j)=F(W_(j)), where jεZ. Recall that {circumflex over (V)}₀=F(V₀)=L²(D), and that the Fourier transform is a unitary operator on L²(

^(n)). Combining these facts with {circumflex over (V)}⁻¹=L²(B⁻¹(D)), we conclude Ŵ ⁻¹ ={circumflex over (V)} ₀ ∩{circumflex over (V)} ⁻¹ ^(⊥) =L ²(Q) where Q is the annulus D∩(B⁻¹(D))^(c), and the superscript c denotes the set-theoretic complement. Since an arbitrary orthogonal projection R defined on a Hilbert space H maps every orthonormal basis of H onto a Parseval frame for R(H)([2, 10]), we obtain that the orthogonal projection defined on L²(T^(n)) by multiplication with the indicator function of Q gives a Parseval frame for L²(Q), namely the set {e_(k)χ_(Q):kεZ^(n)}.

Next, observe that each kεZ^(n) belongs to exactly one of the elements of the quotient group Z^(n)/A(Z^(n)); thus there exist a q and rε{0, 1, . . . , p−1} such that k=q_(r)+A(q). Therefore, e_(k)=e_(q) _(r) e_(A(q)). We now define the following functions: h _(r) =e _(q) _(r) χ_(Q) rε{0, 1, . . . , p−1}  (15) Apparently {e_(A(k))h_(r):kεZ^(n),r=0, 1, . . . , p−1} is a Parseval frame for L²(Q), thus, for Ŵ⁻¹ as well. Therefore, {T_(A(k))F⁻¹h_(r):kεZ^(n),r=0, 1, . . . , p−1} is a Parseval frame for W⁻¹, because the Fourier transform is unitary. Setting ψ_(r),=D

⁻¹h_(r)(r=0, 1, . . . , p−1), we finally have that {T_(k)ψ_(r):kεZ^(n),r=0, 1, . . . , p−1} is a Parseval frame for W₀, therefore {ψ_(r):r=0, 1, . . . , p−1} is a Parseval frame multiwavelet set associated with the FMRA {V_(j)}_(j). This concludes the first construction of a frame multiwavelet set associated with {V_(j)}_(j).

The reader might wonder whether it is possible to give a more explicit formula for the frame wavelets ψ_(r). In the light of remark 2, ψ₀ may not be radial as well. This may yield a rather unattractive time domain formula for all these wavelets. It is worth mentioning that ψ_(r), where r>0, are never radial if ψ₀ is radial. However, if A is a radially expansive dilation matrix and a=∥A∥, then ${{\left( {F^{- 1}h_{0}} \right)(R)} = {\frac{J_{n/2}\left( {\pi\quad R} \right)}{\left( {2R} \right)^{n/2}} - \frac{J_{n/2}\left( {\pi\quad{R/a}} \right)}{\left( {2{aR}} \right)^{n/2}}}},{R > 0}$ Therefore, under this assumption, ψ₀ is radial and ${{\psi_{0}(R)} = \frac{{a^{n/2}{J_{n/2}\left( {\pi\quad{aR}} \right)}} - {J_{n/2}\left( {\pi\quad R} \right)}}{\left( {2{aR}} \right)^{n/2}}},{R > 0}$ and for r=1, 2, . . . , p−1. $\begin{matrix} {{\psi_{0}(t)} = {{DT}_{q_{r}}D*{\psi_{0}(t)}}} \\ {= {\psi_{0}\left( {t - {A^{- 1}q_{r}}} \right)}} \\ {{= \frac{{a^{n/2}{J_{n/2}\left( {\pi\quad a{{t - {A^{- 1}q_{r}}}}} \right)}} - {J_{n/2}\left( {\pi{{t - {A^{- 1}q_{r}}}}} \right)}}{\left( {2a{{t - {A^{- 1}q_{r}}}}} \right)^{n/2}}},{t \in R^{''}}} \end{matrix}$ It can be seen that in this case p=|detA|=a^(n).

We now continue with the preliminaries of the second construction. From now on and until the end of the present section, we work with GFMRAs of L²(

²) only.

One of the instrumental tools of this construction is the square root of the autocorrelation function Φ, which is defined by A(ξ)²=Φ(ξ), a.e. on T^(n). Also, the inverse of A(ξ) is defined on the range of Φ(ξ) and is denoted by A(ξ)⁻¹. It can also been proved that the range projection P of the Analysis operator S is defined by Pω(ξ)=P(ξ)ω(ξ), where ωεL²(T^(n)), and that for a.e. ξεT² the range projection of Φ(ξ) is the projection P(ξ). For the sake of completeness, it must be noted that P(·) is a projection-valued weakly measurable function defined on T². Since Φ=χ_(D), we deduce P(ξ)=χ_(D)(ξ) a.e. in T². The latter observation in conjunction with the preceding argument implies that A(ξ)⁻¹=1, if ξεD. For all other ξεT², we have A(ξ)=0, so for these ξ, we adopt the notational convention A(ξ)⁻¹=0. Last but not least, an abelian group very instrumental in the discussion that follows is the kernel of the homomorphism ρ defined by ρ(ξ)(k)=e ^(2πi(ξA·k)) , kεZ ^(n) The latter equation implies that, for every ξεT², ρ(ξ) is the unique point in T², such that ρ(ξ)+k=A^(T)ξ. The kernel of ρ is homeomorphically isomorphic to a dual group of the quotient group Z²/A(Z²) as shown in greater detail in reference [16]. Now, let us fix k_(r), where r=0, 1, . . . , p−1, in T², so that Kerρ={k_(r):r=0, 1, . . . , p−1}. Theorem 6

Let I⊂

. Assume {tilde over (H)}:T²→B(

²(I),C). Define ${{\overset{\sim}{Q}}_{2}(\xi)} = {\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{p - 1}{{\overset{\sim}{H}\left( {\xi + k_{r}} \right)}*{\overset{\sim}{H}\left( {\xi + k_{r}} \right)}}}$ Moreover, assume that the following conditions are satisfied (a) For a.e. εsuppP₂, where P₂(ξ) is the range projection of the operator {tilde over (Q)}₂(ξ), the operator {tilde over (Q)}₂(ξ)|_(P) ₂ _((ξ)() ₂ _((I))):P₂(ξ)(

²(I))→P₂(ξ)(

²(I)) vertible and the functions ξ→∥{tilde over (Q)}₂(ξ)|_(P) ₂ _((ξ)() ₂ _((I)))∥, ξ→∥({tilde over (Q)}₂(ξ)|_(P) ₂ _((ξ)() ₂ _((I))))⁻¹∥ are essentially bounded.

-   -   (b) For a.e. ξεT² the closed linear span of the columns of the         matrix $\quad\begin{pmatrix}         {M_{0}(\zeta)} & {\overset{\sim}{H}(\xi)} \\         {M_{0}\left( {\xi + k_{1}} \right)} & {\overset{\sim}{H}\left( {\xi + k_{1}} \right)} \\         \vdots & \vdots \\         {M_{0}\left( {\xi + k_{p - 1}} \right)} & {\overset{\sim}{H}\left( {\xi + k_{p - 1}} \right)}         \end{pmatrix}$         is equal to {tilde over (P)}(ξ)(C^(p)), where $\begin{matrix}         {{{\overset{\sim}{P}(\xi)} = {\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{p - 1}{\oplus {{\overset{\sim}{P}\left( {\xi + k_{r}} \right)}\quad{a.e.\quad{in}}\quad T^{2}\quad{and}}}}}{0 = {\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{p - 1}{{M_{0}\left( {\xi + k_{r}} \right)}*{\overset{\sim}{H}\left( {\xi + k_{r}} \right)}\quad{a.e.}}}}} & (c)         \end{matrix}$

If we define $\psi_{i} = {\sum\limits_{m,{n \in Z}}{a_{m,n}^{(i)}{DT}_{1}^{n}T_{2}^{n}\phi}}$ where {a_(m,n) ^((i)):iεI,m,nεZ} are defined by the equation $\left\lbrack {\overset{\sim}{H}( \cdot )} \right\rbrack_{i} = {\sum\limits_{m,{n \in Z}}{a_{m,n}^{(i)}e_{m,n}}}$ then, {ψ_(i):iεI) is a frame multiwavelet set associated with the FMRA {V_(j)}_(j).

A measurable, Z²-periodic operator-valued function {tilde over (H)}, satisfying the hypotheses of the previous theorem is called a high pass filter associated with M₀. If the dilation matrix satisfies Property D, then one choice for {tilde over (H)} following from equation (15) is {tilde over (H)}=(e _(q) ₀ χ_(Q) ,e _(q) ₁ χ_(Q) , . . . , e _(q) _(p−1) χ_(Q)) Let us first study the case where the dilation matrix A=2I². In this case, it is well-known that p=4 and, that we can set k₁=(½,0), k₂=(½,½) and k₃=(0,½) and recalling that addition in T² is defined modulo the integer lattice Z².

Thus, we have ${\overset{\sim}{P}(\xi)} = \begin{pmatrix} {\chi_{D}(\xi)} & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & {\chi_{D + k_{1}}(\xi)} & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & {\chi_{D + k_{2}}(\xi)} & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & {\chi_{D + k_{3}}(\xi)} \end{pmatrix}$ On the other hand, according to theorem 6, we must first determine the values of {tilde over (P)} before finding the high pass filter {tilde over (H)}. All the values of {tilde over (P)} are 4×4 diagonal matrices whose diagonal entries are either equal to 1 or 0. Therefore, the range of {tilde over (P)} is finite.

So, we can find a partition of T², say {B_((ε) ₀ _(,ε) ₁ _(,ε) ₂ _(,ε) ₃ ₎} where (ε₀, ε₁, ε₂, ε₃) is the vector formed by the entries of the main diagonal of an arbitrary value of {tilde over (P)}. Each ε_(p), where p=0, 1, 2, 3, takes only two values, namely 0 and 1.

Since each of the sets D+k_(r), where r=0, 1, 2, 3, overlap with at least another one of these sets, there will be no values of {tilde over (P)} with a single non zero diagonal entry as shown in FIG. 1. The definition of the addition operation on T² implies that D+k₁ is the union of the two half disks with radii {fraction (1/2)} centered at k₁ and −k₁; D+k₃ is the union of the two half disks with radii {fraction (1/2)} centered at k₃ and −k₃; and, D+k₂ is the union of the four quarter disks with radii {fraction (1/2)} centered at k₂, −k₂, (−½,½) and (½,−½). Since all four sets D+k_(r), where r=0, 1, 2, 3, are symmetric with respect to both coordinate axes, it follows that all sets B_((ε) ₀ _(,ε) ₁ _(,ε) ₂ _(,68) ₃ ₎ share the same symmetry property. This observation contributes a great deal in identifying these sets.

Referring now to Figure the subregions of T² corresponding to each one of the vectors (ε₀, ε₁, ε₂, ε₃) are depicted. According to theorem 6, the values of the high pass filter {tilde over (H)} must be row matrices. This is justified by the fact that {V_(j)}_(j) is generated by a single scaling function. However, the range of every {tilde over (P)}(ξ) is a subspace of

⁴. Furthermore, according to hypothesis (b) of theorem 6, the columns of the modulation matrix must span {tilde over (P)}(ξ)(C⁴). Thus, we anticipate that the modulation matrix must have at least three more columns. So, {tilde over (H)}(τ) must be at least 1×3 matrix. For reasons that will become more clear herein, we choose {tilde over (H)}(ξ) to be 1×4 matrix, for every ξεT², namely {tilde over (H)}(ξ)=2({tilde over (h)} ₁(ξ){tilde over (h)} ₂(ξ),{tilde over (h)} ₃(ξ),{tilde over (h)} ₄(ξ)). The factor 2 in the RHS of the previous equation is a normalization factor that helps to obtain a simple form for the each ofthe functions {tilde over (h)}_(i). According to the conclusion of theorem 6, the columns of {tilde over (H)}, i.e., the functions {tilde over (h)}_(i)(i=1, 2, 3, 4), define a frame multiwavelet set associated with {V_(j)}_(j).

Therefore, the modulation matrix has the following form: $\begin{pmatrix} {\chi_{D/2}(\xi)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{1}(\xi)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{2}(\xi)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{3}(\xi)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{4}(\xi)} \\ {\chi_{{D/2} + k_{1}}(\xi)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{1}\left( {\xi + k_{1}} \right)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{2}\left( {\xi + k_{1}} \right)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{3}\left( {\xi + k_{1}} \right)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{4}\left( {\xi + k_{1}} \right)} \\ {\chi_{{D/2} + k_{2}}(\xi)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{1}\left( {\xi + k_{2}} \right)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{2}\left( {\xi + k_{2}} \right)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{3}\left( {\xi + k_{2}} \right)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{4}\left( {\xi + k_{2}} \right)} \\ {\chi_{{D/2} + k_{3}}(\xi)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{1}\left( {\xi + k_{3}} \right)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{2}\left( {\xi + k_{3}} \right)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{3}\left( {\xi + k_{3}} \right)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{4}\left( {\xi + k_{3}} \right)} \end{pmatrix}$ a.e.  in  T² The disk D/2 has radius {fraction (1/4)}, so this disk and all its translations by k_(r)(r=1, 2, 3) have null intersections. Thus, for every ξ in T², the first column of the modulation matrix has at most one non zero entry. Since, for every ξ in T², the columns of the modulation matrix must span {tilde over (P)}(ξ)(C⁴), we obtain the remaining columns of the modulation matrix, so that together with the first column they form the standard orthonormal basis of {tilde over (P)}(ξ)(C⁴). Thus, the high pass filters h_(i) are the Z²-periodic extensions of the characteristic functions of certain measurable subsets of T². Next, we will identify those subsets of T², which we will denote by C_(i), where i=1, 2, 3, 4. Remark 3

Let Q be the first quadrant of T². Then it is not difficult to verify that the family {Q+k_(r):r=0, 1, 2, 3} forms a partition of T², in the sense that ${T^{2} = {{\bigcup\limits_{r = 0}^{3}Q} + k_{r}}},$ but the intersections of every two of the sets Q+k_(r) have zero measure. Now, let ξ be in Q+k_(r), then ξ=ξ₀+k_(r), where ξ₀εQ. Without any loss of generality, we can assume r=1. Then, ({tilde over (h)} _(i)(ξ),{tilde over (h)} _(i)(ξ+k ₁),{tilde over (h)} _(i)(ξ+k ₂),{tilde over (h)} _(i)(ξ+k ₃))^(T)=({tilde over (h)} _(i)(ξ₀ +k ₁),{tilde over (h)} _(i)(ξ₀),{tilde over (h)} _(i)(ξ₀ +k ₃),{tilde over (h)} _(i)(ξ₀ +k ₂))^(T) Thus, the values of the modulation matrix are completely determined by its values, when ξ ranges only throughout the first quadrant.

As we have previously mentioned, the family {B_((ε) ₀ _(,ε) ₁ _(,ε) ₂ _(,ε) ₃ ₎} where (ε₀, ε₁, ε₂, ε₃) ranges throughout the vectors formed by the diagonal entries of the values of {tilde over (P)}, is a partition of T². Therefore, {Q∩B_((ε) ₀ _(,ε) ₁ _(,ε) ₂ _(,ε) ₃ ₎} is a partition of Q. Furthermore, each of the sets Q∩B_((ε) ₀ _(,ε) ₁ _(,ε) ₂ _(,ε) ₃ ₎ is, in turn, partitioned into a finite number of subsets which are formed by the intersections of Q∩B_((ε) ₀ _(,ε) ₁ _(,ε) ₂ _(,ε) ₃ ₎ with each one of the disks $\frac{D}{2},{\frac{D}{2} + k_{1}},{\frac{D}{2} + k_{2}},{\frac{D}{2} + k_{3}}$ and the complement of their unions. This results in a partition of Q into 29 sets as shown in FIG. 2. We denote these sets by E_(s), where 1≦s≦29. We now have to obtain, for every ξ in each of the sets E_(s), the remaining four columns of the modulation matrix, so that they span {tilde over (P)}(ξ)(C⁴) . This process is not difficult to carry out. However, for the sake of the clarity, we deem it necessary to show how to specifically accomplish this task, when ξ belongs to three of the sets E_(s). Case s=1

This set is contained in the complement of the union of the disks ${\frac{D}{2} + k_{r}},{r = 0},1,2,3,$ so the first column of the modulation matrix at ξ is equal to zero. Now, let ξεE₁. On the other hand, {tilde over (P)}(ξ)(C⁴)=C⊕0⊕C⊕C, so we choose to complement the modulation matrix by setting its second, third and fourth columns equal to (1, 0, 0, 0)^(T), (0, 0, 1, 0)^(T) and (0, 0, 0, 1) ^(T), respectively, and the fifth column equal to zero. Case s=18

Let ξεE₁₈. Then, {tilde over (P)}(ξ)(C⁴)=C⊕C⊕C⊕C. Moreover, $\xi = {\frac{D}{2}.}$ This suggests the following form for the modulation matrix at ξ: $\quad\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \end{pmatrix}$ Case s=19

Let ξεE₁₉. The {tilde over (P)}(ξ)C⁴)=0⊕C⊕C⊕0. Now, $\xi \in \left( {\frac{D}{2} + k_{2}} \right)$ yielding the following form for the modulation matrix at ξ. $\quad\begin{pmatrix} 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix}$ It is now easy to verify that C_(i), where i=1, 2, 3, 4, are the sets depicted in FIGS. 3, 4, 5 and 6, respectively. Let us now briefly review the case $A = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ {- 1} & 1 \end{pmatrix}$ In this case, p=|detA|=2. It is also not hard to verify k₁=(½,½) and ${\overset{\sim}{P}(\xi)} = \begin{pmatrix} {\chi_{D}(\xi)} & 0 \\ 0 & {\chi_{D + k_{1}}(\xi)} \end{pmatrix}$ Thus, D+k₁ is now the union of the four quarter disks with radii ½ centered at the vertices of the fundamental domain T².

Each disk overlaps with D as shown in FIG. 7(a). This overlapping, as in the case of A=2I², yields a partition of T², namely the collection of subsets B_((ε) ₀ _(,ε) ₁ ₎ where, (ε₀, ε₁) is the vector of the entries of the main diagonal of an arbitrary value of {tilde over (P)}, and B_((ε) ₀ _(,ε) ₁ ₎ contains all points in T² at which the vector of the entries of the main diagonal of {tilde over (P)} is equal to (ε₀, ε₁) as shown in FIG. 7(b). The low pass filter is now given by m ₀(ξ)={square root}{square root over (2)}χ_(D/{square root}{square root over (2)})(ξ), ξεT² as shown in equation (6)). This expression of the low pass filter follows from the form of the dilation matrix which is a composition of a rotation by π/4 matrix and {square root}{square root over (2)}I ₂. We can now take {tilde over (H)}(ξ)={square root}{square root over (2)}({tilde over (h)} ₁(ξ),{tilde over (h)} ₂(ξ)) for every ξεT². The modulation matrix now has a much simpler form, namely $\begin{pmatrix} {\chi_{\frac{D}{\sqrt{2}}}(\xi)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{1}(\xi)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{2}(\xi)} \\ {\chi_{\frac{D}{\sqrt{2}}}(\xi)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{1}\left( {\xi + k_{1}} \right)} & {{\overset{\sim}{h}}_{2}\left( {\xi + k_{1}} \right)} \end{pmatrix}\quad{a.e.\quad{in}}\quad T^{2}$

Let us now set Q to be the closed square whose vertices are the mid points of the sides of T². It is not hard to see that Q+k₁ is the union of the four orthogonal isosceles triangles defined by the vertices of Q and T². Obviously, {Q, Q+k₁} is a partition of T² modulo null sets. An argument similar to the one in remark 3 shows that it is enough to determine the filters {tilde over (h)}_(i)(i=1,2) only on Q. It will also be helpful to observe that the sides of Q are tangent to the circle of radius $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ centered at the origin and that Q can also be partitioned by the sets Q∩B_((ε) ₀ ,ε ₁ ₎, where (ε₀, ε₁)=(1,0), (1,1) as shown in FIG. 7(b). Each of these two sets will also be partitioned by its intersections with each one of $\frac{D}{\sqrt{2}},{\frac{D}{\sqrt{2}} + k_{1}}$ and the complement of the union of the latter pair of sets as shown in FIG. 6. This, now results in a partition of Q into 17 sets.

Arguing as in the case of A=2I², we can now obtain the sets C₁ and C₂, so that {tilde over (h)}_(i)(ξ)=χ_(C) _(i) (ξ), where ξεT² and i=1, 2 as shown FIG. 8(a) and 8(b), respectively.

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All references cited herein are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes allowed by law. While this invention has been described fully and completely, it should be understood that, within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described. Although the invention has been disclosed with reference to its preferred embodiments, from reading this description those of skill in the art may appreciate changes and modification that may be made which do not depart from the scope and spirit of the invention as described above and claimed hereafter. 

1. A method system for forming multiresolution wavelets comprising the steps of: constructing isotropic ideal windows in a dimension greater than or equal to 1, constructing translation and dilation operators adapted to form out of the ideal windows completely isotropic low pass filters, high pass filters and filters that cover a desired frequency range or plurality of frequency ranges from the isotropic ideal filters. into; constructing filters from the ideal windows and the translation and dilation operators, where the filters are selected from the group consisting of low pass filters, high pass filters and filters that cover a desired frequency range or plurality of frequency ranges; constructing isotropic scaling functions and associated translation operators for use with low pass scaling functions; and producing associated wavelets from the filters and the scaling functions and low pass scaling functions adapted to resolve a multidimensional signal into various resolution levels.
 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of: dividing each filter into at least one relative low pass component and at least one relative high pass components.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is used in (i) data compression and storage for streaming video, seismic imaging, or digital medical imaging of all types, (ii) image and signal enhancement, denoising and analysis for medical imaging, seismic imaging, satellite imaging and surveillance, target acquisition, radar, sonar, or pattern recognition and analysis, (iii) volume rendering and segmentation, or motion analysis, and (iv) as a basis for digital algorithms for solving ordinary and partial differential equations in science, engineering, economics, and other disciplines.
 3. A method system for analyzing data comprising the steps of: constructing at least one wavelet including: filters having at least one ideal window and necessary translation and dilation operators, where the filters are selected from the group consisting of low pass filters, high pass filters and filters that cover a desired frequency range or plurality of frequency ranges; isotropic scaling functions and associated translation operators for use with low pass scaling functions; and resolving a multidimensional signal into various resolution levels with the at least one wavelet.
 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of: dividing each filter into at least one relative low pass component and at least one relative high pass components.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is used in (i) data compression and storage for streaming video, seismic imaging, or digital medical imaging of all types, (ii) image and signal enhancement, denoising and analysis for medical imaging, seismic imaging, satellite imaging and surveillance, target acquisition, radar, sonar, or pattern recognition and analysis, (iii) volume rendering and segmentation, or motion analysis, and (iv) as a basis for digital algorithms for solving ordinary and partial differential equations in science, engineering, economics, and other disciplines.
 6. A system for processing signals implemented on a computer comprising: a processing unit having encoded thereon a completely isotropic ideal filter for multiresolution analysis software including: wavelets adapted to resolve a multidimensional signal into various resolution levels, where the wavelets are derived from: isotropic ideal windows or filters in a dimension greater than or equal to 1, translation and dilation constructs or operators adapted to form completely isotropic low pass filters, high pass filters and filters that cover a desired frequency range or plurality of frequency ranges from the isotropic ideal windows into; and isotropic scaling functions and associated translation operators for use with low pass scaling function;
 7. The system of claim 6, wherein each high pass and each low pass filter comprise: at least one relative low pass component and at least one relative high pass component.
 8. The system of claim 7, wherein each relative high pass component and each relative low pass filter comprise: at least one relative low pass subcomponent and at least one relative high pass subcomponent.
 9. The system of claim 6, wherein each high pass and each low pass filter comprise: a plurality of high pass and low pass components, each component including at least one relative low pass subcomponent and at least one relative high pass subcomponent.
 10. A completely isotropic, intrinsically non-separable low pass filter or high pass filter comprising: isotropic ideal windows in a dimension greater than or equal to 1, and translation and dilation operators adapted to form out of the ideal windows completely isotropic low pass filters, high pass filters and filters that cover a desired frequency range or plurality of frequency ranges from the isotropic ideal filters.
 11. The filter of claim 10, wherein the low pass filter comprises: m ₀(ξ)={square root}{square root over (2)}χ_(D/{square root}{square root over (2)})(ξ), ξεT ².
 12. A completely isotropic, intrinsically non-separable scaling functions comprising: φ=F⁻¹(χ_(D) _(r) )
 13. A wavelet scaling functions comprising: $\begin{matrix} \begin{matrix} {{{\phi(R)} = \frac{J_{n/2}\left( {\pi\quad R} \right)}{\left( {2\quad R} \right)^{n/2}}},} & {R > 0} \end{matrix} & (15) \end{matrix}$
 14. A wavelet comprising: at least one filter including at least one ideal window and translation and dilation operators, where the filters are selected from the group consisting of low pass filters, high pass filters and filters that cover a desired frequency range or plurality of frequency ranges; and constructing isotropic scaling functions and associated translation operators for use with low pass scaling functions.
 15. The filter of claim 14, wherein the wavelet further comprises: h _(r) =e _(q) _(r) χ_(Q) rε{0,1, . . . , p−1}  (15) where {e_(A(k))h_(r):kεZ^(n),r=0,1, . . . , p−1} is a Parseval frame for L²(Q) and for Ŵ⁻¹, {T_(A(k))F⁻¹h_(r):kεZ^(n),r=0,1, . . . , p−1} is a Parseval frame for W⁻¹, ψ_(r),=D

⁻¹h_(r)(r=0, 1, . . . , p−1), {T_(k)ψ_(r):kεZ^(n),r=0, 1, . . . , p−1} is a Parseval frame for W₀, and {ψ_(r):r=0, 1, . . . , p−1} is a Parseval frame multiwavelet set associated with the FMRA { V_(j)}_(j). 